Roadside Opinions: "What are FRIENDS for?"

‘’A friend is the one who comes in when the world has gone out”- Bits and Pieces Magazine

After a few shallow thoughts and sleepless nights(watching movies), I have come to a hasty conclusion that the number of Tricycles(popularly known as KEKE) surpasses the actual population in this part of my world. Did I just serve you a food for thought? Pardon my hyperbole, Bon appétit.

It’s just inevitable to catch a glimpse of me getting into one, getting out of one or clinging to the metal frame right above the front seat like my wife-I mean “life” depended on it. Well, out of the drivers money driven generosity, he has offered to share his seat. So who am I not to say gracias(gracias worth 50naira). They are just everywhere. They even stopped by to say CHEESE! Before the camera went CLICK!

This is where the story lies. The chitchats I’m opportune to listen to while in this 3-legged demon is the source of the ROADSIDE OPINION SERIES.

I sat in my usual front seat and from behind a certain man spoke with so much charisma. There was this Martin Luther thing about the way he spoke which I found bombastic.

“my dear, I tell you there’s nothing like friend o. every man for himself. The only friend I have is myself”

Hmmm….those were a few from the much he said. That was his opinion though and I’m not going to chide him for that. But in my speculative state of mind, I realized that some person’s think not having a friend was a sine qua non for being peng.

We might underestimate the essence of friends or a friend. We might be one of those asking the rhetoric “what are friends for?” or the “what are friends for?”When you can’t really figure out their essence. But I think friendship is a GIFT and an EXPERIENCE all wrapped in one with a ribbon on it(pardon me Rihanna).

A gift which you either make or it makes you, and an experience you either embrace or it embraces you. The result is: it either fills you or it drains you. It’s now up to you to make the choice wisely.

My speculation came to a halt as the driver subtly screamed “Nno Okok!”(Ibibio translate for Bring your Money). I paid for the 15mins of inconvenience sharing the driver’s seat. Hung my one strap bag unto my left shoulder (in the Looking-for-a-job manner). Adjusted my skinny jean and my day began as I walked out of the scene in my tippy toe manner.

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UnknownJuly 27, 2019 3:45 pm
Absolutely amazing my Friend 🤭
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